city of Ur
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The city of Ur was a major Sumerian urban center in southern Mesopotamia, renowned for its ziggurat, royal tombs, and role as a political and religious capital in the late third millennium BCE.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ur | 0 |
| city of Ur (Tell el-Muqayyar) | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sumerian city
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Third Dynasty of Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | early second millennium BCE ⓘ |
| dedicatedMainTempleTo | Nanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
trade ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Leonard Woolley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationEndDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| excavationSponsoredBy |
British Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1922 ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Early Bronze Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ur III period NERFINISHED ⓘ late third millennium BCE ⓘ |
| hadPortFunction | yes ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSiteName | Tell el-Muqayyar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBurialSite | Royal Cemetery of Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamousFind |
Royal lyres of Ur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Standard of Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ gold jewelry from royal tombs ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Ziggurat of Ur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
city walls ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ royal cemetery ⓘ temple complexes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ziggurat of Ur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
role as political capital ⓘ role as religious capital ⓘ royal tombs ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Sumerian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterLanguageUsed | Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sumer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Euphrates River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Nanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearModernCity | Nasiriyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesopotamia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sumerian civilization ⓘ |
| politicalRole | imperial capital of Ur III state ⓘ |
| religion | Sumerian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
Amar-Sin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ibbi-Sin NERFINISHED ⓘ Shu-Sin NERFINISHED ⓘ Shulgi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ur-Nammu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOTentativeListStatus | part of Ahwar of Southern Iraq cultural landscape ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.